As COVID-19 claims its first victims here, India is fighting back to arrest the spread of the deadly virus with public awareness campaigns, social distancing measures, hygiene protocols and more. For now, the battered economy is on the back-burner As COVID-19 claims its first victims here, India is fighting back to arrest the spread of the deadly virus with public awareness campaigns, social distancing measures, hygiene protocols and more. For now, the battered economy is on the back-burner.

Lalubhai Patel, a two-time MP from Daman & Diu, has been fielded by the BJP from the Lok Sabha constituency for the upcoming general elections. The announcement takes the total number of names released by the BJP to 185.

A raft of issues; both global and domestic; threaten to derail the economy, posing fresh challenges to the Narendra Modi government in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections. And a quick turnaround is not on the cards.